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Reynolds Lab Alumni

Sylvia Hanson ’25
What they did: Evolution of traits in the superfamily Booidae.
Where they went: M.S. student in the McBrayer Lab at Georgia Southern University

Kaya Hall ’25
What they did: Selby and Richard McRae Scholar; Conservation and Radio Tracking of Turks and Caicos Boas
Where they went: Preparing for dental school

Amanda Davis ’24
What they did: Population demographics of Turks Island Boas
Where they went: Preparing for graduate school

Ellen Weaver UNC-CH ’24
UNC Chapel Hill visiting research student
What they did: Puerto Rican Boa phylogeography
Where they went: Program Manager for Neuro580 Zambia.

Hailey Wunder ’23
What they did: Phylogeography of Turks Island Boas; Phylogenetics of Monito dwarf geckos
Where they went: student in the Pierson Lab at Kennesaw State University.

Danielle Weber ’22
What they did: Pseudomonas genome sequencing
Where they went: Physician Assistant student at Commonwealth University

Maddy Bankard ’22
What they did: Population genomics of Virgin Islands boas

Austin Cone ’22
What they did: Remote sensing of Conception Island National Park, Bahamas

Willow Ogburn ’22
What they did: Phylogenomics of West Indian Boas
Where they went: Development Associate for EcoForesters, then an M.S. student at UNC Asheville

Alyssa Vanerelli ’21
What they did: Biology and phylogenomics of Caribbean reptiles
Where they went: Ph.D. student in the Geneva Lab at Rutgers-Camden

Keeley Peek ’21
What they did: Spatial ecology of boas, hellbender conservation
Where they went: DVM student at NC State College of Veterinary Medicine

Ari Miller ’20
What they did: Biodiversity of reptiles, Southeast Asian herpetofauna
Where they went: Ph.D. student at WashU in the Losos Lab

Isabel Johnson ’20
What they did: Invasion genetics of Mottled Sculpin
Where they went: Sea turtle technician with Georgia DNR

Molly Reger ’19
What they did: Conservation biology of Turks Island boas
Where they went: DVM student at NC State College of Veterinary Medicine

Kay Tyrlik ’19
What they did: Conservation of Hellbenders; Fulbright Fellow
Where they went: M.S. student in Epidemiology at UNC Chapel Hill

Alana Nunn ’19
What they did: Distribution of South Pacific reptiles
Where they went: Wildlife biologist for the Virgin Islands Division of Fish and Wildlife.

Maaian Edery ’19
What they did: Phylogeography of Gray-cheeked Salamanders
Where they went: M.S. student in Marine Science in the Shashar Lab at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Clair Huffine ’18
What they did: Phylogenetics of Puerto Rican dwarf geckos
Where they went: Ph.D. student in the Cameron Lab at UC Boulder.

Darcy Davis ’18
What they did: Phylogenetic comparative methods in vertebrates
Where they went: D.O. student at VCOM-Carolinas

Emily Aungst ’18
What they did: Puerto Rican Boa conservation genetics
Where they went: M.S. in Genetic Counseling student at Boise State.

Shannon Bodeau ’18
What they did: Population genetics of Weller’s Salamander
What they went: Environmental and outdoor educator in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina.

Amy Castle ’17
What they did: Phylogenetics of Caribbean green anoles
Where they went: Became an outstanding High School science teacher at Durham School of the Arts.

Robert Chambliss ’16
What they did: Biology of Weller’s Salamanders
Where they went: M.S. student at Western Kentucky University